Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson
Name: Joseph Sheldon Hutcheson
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 08/01/2015
Location: 111 W Commerce St.
Dallas, Texas, 75207
County: Dallas
Agency: Dallas County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Hutcheson ran into the lobby of a jail asking for help because his wife was out to kill him. Sheriff's officers were witnessed to have put a knee on his body and on his neck, despite Hutcheson saying that he couldn't breath. He died shortly thereafter. He'd been incarcerated recently for drugs, but witnesses say that he was not aggressive toward officers at all.
Unique ID: 16454
News article: Link
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